Milkfish Skin Shows Promise as Cost-Effective Wound Dressing

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Milkfish Skin Shows Promise as Cost-Effective Wound Dressing
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Scientists in the Philippines are investigating the potential of milkfish skin as a sustainable alternative to traditional wound dressings. The study found that milkfish skin, when treated with silver nanoparticles, effectively inhibits bacterial and fungal growth while preserving collagen structure.

Scientists from the Ateneo de Manila University are looking into the potential of using the skin of milkfish, commonly known as bangus, as a cost-effective alternative wound dressing to treat burns and other skin injuries in the hospitals.The study seeks to explore the potential of other types of fish species for skin grafting after it was previously discovered that tilapia skin, which is rich in Type 1 collagen, has the ability to accelerate wound healing .

Some of the fish skin samples were then sterilized in a solution of silver nanoparticles , while the untreated skins served as control samples.The study found that the AgNP solution inhibited bacterial and fungal growth on bangus samples and it did not compromise the structural integrity of collagen of both bangus and tilapia samples.“The results indicate that sterilization effectively reduced microbial contamination on both types of fish skin.

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